All Of It with Alison Stewart

Author June Cohen talks about her new book The Great Remembering: Powerful Ancient Practices ― and the New Science Bringing Them Back, which explores how new science explains ancient rituals around festival traditions, cold plunges and saunas, and extreme athletic feats like the NYC marathon, which is coming up on November 1.

The New York Times word puzzle Connections is known for its diabolical misdirection and red herrings. It's n...

Deborah Gordon owns The Village Vanguard. It is in her blood. Almost a century after her father, Max, founded the legendary jazz club in 1934, Deb Gordon has put out a new book called “Last of the Jazz Joints: An Incomplete History of the Village Vanguard.” Gordonand co-author Jed Eisenman, who has worked at The Vanguard since 1981, share memories and history of the legendary institution.

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John Turturro stars in the new film, 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,' a crime thriller that tells the story of Harry, an oldschool pickpocket from the Bronx who lives without a cellphone and often operates on the subway. But when he steals from a family member of a well-connected crime family, Harry faces danger, all while caring for his sick spouse back home. Turturro discusses his role and interest in the film. ‘Th...

In the new cookbook Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother, Esther Choi shares 100 recipes inspired by Korean and Korean-American culture and cuisine. The Mokbar and Ms. Yoo founder joins us.

A new play by playwright Lauren Yee, called ‘King of the Yees’ tells a ‘kind of true’ story  based on an episode from her life. Her father, Larry Yee had been the heart and soul of San Francisco's ...

A new romantic fantasy follows a local fisherwoman, played by Olivia Colman, whose life changes when a basket maker constructs a wicker husband for her. Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, who plays her unusual new beau, join us to discuss the film 'Wicker,' which opens in theaters Friday, Oct. 23.

For 35 years, Aljira, an artist-led gallery and community space, gave opportunities to rising artists and was a key part of creating a vibra...

Artist Wangari Mathenge looks to 1960s Kenya for inspiration in a vibrant new series depicting intimate domestic scenes of women. She discusses the ideas and memories behind her exhibition ‘Re-membering’ at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, on view through Oct. 24.

This year marks the 30th annual Gowanus Open Studios, put on by Arts Gowanus, an organization that uplifts and funds the arts in the neighborhood. The weekend event se...

Shot in August 1972, a new film from the late filmmaker William Greaves captures a reunion of Harlem Renaissance luminaries at Duke Ellington’s townhouse on St. Nicholas Avenue. William’s son,director David Greaves, and his granddaughter,producer Liani Greaves discusses completing the film "Once Upon A Time in Harlem" opening at Film Forum tomorrow, Friday, October 16th. 

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WNYC's Public Song Project celebrates this year's submissions and reveal the winners in a radio special airing Saturday, October 17. All Of It producer Simon Close, who will host the program, previews the on-air event and the winners' songs. The full playlist of 2026 submissions is available to stream at wnyc.org/psp and as a collection in the Internet Archive. The Public Song Project will also be part of the Internet Archive's ann...

On the eve of World Aids Day in 1993, Dr. Anthony Fauci and ACT UP co-founder Larry Kramer participated in a C-SPAN call in program to talk about AIDS policy. The explosive hour of television that followed is now the basis of a play at St. Ann's Warehouse titled "Kramer/Fauci."  Thomas Jay Ryan and Will Brill, who star as Kramer and Fauci respectively, discuss the show and the story that inspired it. 

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D.L. Hughley is one of “The Original Kings of Comedy,” and since he has starred in the ABC sitcom "The Hughleys," written New York Times bestsellers, and hosts the national radio program The D.L. Hughley Show. He's talks about his new memoir titled Charlie's Boy, about his career, and his life growing up in South Central L.A. On Sunday, Dec. 6, he’ll join Don Lemon at the Beacon Theatre for an evening of ca...

A new action-thriller stars actor Mahershala Ali as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. Ali joins me alongside writer and director Bassam Tariq in studio to discuss the film, “Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother," which is playing in theaters now.

In September, Lizzy McAlpine released her latest album, Angel. Lizzy began recording the album at a collaborator's studio in Alt...

The new American cast of Broadway's “Operation Mincemeat” joins Alison live in The Greene Space at WNYC. Hear performances and discussion with Brandon Contreras, Jessi Kirtley, Amanda Jill Robinson, Jeff Kready, and Julia Knitel. You cab watch the full production livestream recording on YouTube.

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New York City usually hits peak fall foliage in late October, and leaves on trees around the city will soon start to change colors. The New York City Parks Department keeps a list of the park system's "Great Trees" around the city. In 2025, photographer Alex Kent took thousands of photographs and videos of those Great Trees for a piece in the New York Times. Kent discusses his experience with the "Great Trees of New York," and list...

After the sensational success of her last novel, Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver returns with a novel that draws on her past experience as a classical pianist. Partita tells the story of Livia, and exceptionally gifted pianist on a scholarship to an elite music conservatory. Her life is soon upended by a love affair that will change the course of her future, and her relationship to music, forever. Kingsolver discusses the nove...

New York State does not require that schools teach sex education. A new report from the NYCLU details that, depending on where you live in New York State, the quality of sexual education in local public schools can vary widely, including many districts that the NYCLU finds to be significantly lacking. Aliyah Ansari, NYCLU senior education strategist, and Donna Lieberman, executive director, discuss the report and the state of Sex E...

Author George Saunders was already considered a modern master of the short story in 2017 when he published his debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. Told through an experimental form, the novel is follows Abraham Lincoln as he grieves the loss of his son, Willie, as told by the ghosts in the graveyard who witness his grief. Saunders discussed the novel, which has now been adapted into an opera, for our September "Get Lit!" book club e...

Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, the beloved hosts of the "Who? Weekly" podcast, have made a career out of analyzing C-list celebrity culture. They discuss their new book on the subject, I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity.

Tom Morello just released Everyone Gets Everything They Want. Coming from a career of making political hardcore music in Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, and protest...

In his latest book, author and journalist Anand Giridharadas reflects on the 2023 New York City subway chokehold case involving 30-year-old Black homeless man Jordan Neely and 24-year-old White United States Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny. It also explores fears for public safety and the limitations of our social safety net. It's titled, Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City. He discusses th...

When a family of 9 siblings noticed their mother acting strangely, they chalked it up to depression and alcoholism. But after some of the siblings began to exhibit the same behavior, the family learns that they are carriers of a rare gene mutation that causes frontotemporal dementia, and have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the same condition and passing it on to their kids. Journalist and author Robert Kolker tells the story of this ...